I found out this neat idea a week or so ago. Save those itty bitty piecies of fabric, even the wings, save them. Then every spring toss them around your yard (cotton is 100% biodegradable). The birds love them for their nest. I did it and actually watched through my window and saw a couple of birds scooping down to get the scraps. Too cute!

I save every scrap, even the narrow little strips that I get when I square things up. I find uses for them , such as stuffing for pincushions or little dolls that I have made. I did the same thing, put some scraps out by the bird feeder and watched the squirrels carry them off. Reduce Recycle Reuse. It's the best way.

I have been deep cleaning my sewing space and came across a tote full of flannel shirts that I had saved for 'a project' and decided to sit for awhile with DH while he is glued to the Indy 500 cutting them into usable pieces.

Being the wonderful, attentive man that he is; he asked what I was doing. I had reduced 6 shirts to 3 piles...

1 pile of 3" to 12" squares and strips for a quilt

1 pile of cuffs, collars, pocket, etc for purses/dolls/crafts

1 pile of scraps to small to make anything from

...when he asked what I was going to do with the scraps HE suggested I toss them out for the birds to use